The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-14 00:00:00

ITONEY I"►LARKET AND COX 24 ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. d. There is no alteration in the minimum rate of „ Ise°ll nt this day" is the official notice just posted in '42:Discount-office of the Bank of England. The Possibility of an advance to 8 per cent. had been PahrevienslY discussed, in consequence of the largely obgtoented demand f or go l d and silver to send e 'A, and the increase in the rates for bills out of doors to 7 per cent. The Gazette tettll 811 11, to appear thi s even i ng, i s expected ti a "' a f alling off in th e b u lli on , an d if addi tche ° rogorle:trierppatlireisngysehnoculd be taken away, the prospect will no doubt further influence to Perat ions of th e j o i nt-stock banks and private netarY establishments. the alto 1)14(i unt of spec i e b rought by the steamer La 4 f fre el the W est I n di es is £353,200. f 3 furl the r i se of d. has tak en pl ace in the price The bar silve r, which i s now ss. 24d. per oz. standard. for.ruarket is very firm owing to the active demand ,rthhe East and the limited supply. laeti ,Piouncial Corporation is a new monetary lleif`iltion requiring a capital of £3,000,000, one- sharesf w hich, however, is to form the first issue in a rt . A £loo each. The objects of the association 1 : 1 ; ti cal with those of the London Financial ci et il i : 4 ' Credit, and International Financial So- Nil' /I nd the promoters are induced to believe th e ; re m the invariable success which has attended ite r - e „ Pera tione of these new establishments, and the . th"-4e trade and other industrial enterprise, tio44,,eiretnents for further financial accommodhae essee.geve been proportionately increased. T teli ti , l4 , ti 'la intends to undertake all monetary busi- turti impor tance, including the negotiation and Ilea llg r , ertle nt of loa ns on secur it y of rates , h ar b our 2c11,:n4 oth er similar securities, and will itself make 4 Ihti t ;, ee Whe rever the transaction is only for a /14 ;1 Peri od- Th e b oar d o f di rec ti on i nc l u d es with% gen tlelnen of influ ence , l arge ly connec t e d the the ° lli rai lway, ba n ki ng ,: or t ra di ng i nteres t s o f 'toel t t -47 ' The shares have been dealt in at the It i s ellen ge, and are quoted at 11 2 prem. for te Ported that negotiations are in progress p acket tisi4 of the I ntercolon i al R oya l M a il S team Se am si,T a 'P and the West India and Pacific PPi anY ng Company. At th e Two O'CLOCK. P P ; 6F ter' tei 4 . 8 Bourse to-day (according to Mr. - ,,, f • 76e. - p e4r ° lll ), the 3 per Cent. Rentes were Th e En 74that firm, but inanimate. l e llerd ay F is h Fonds, which closed a little firmer 44 1'1% 8 4 .: te rnoou, again exhibit symptoms of Nafi e a ..! depression being produced by the in etpotts rs . tes of discount and the prospects of large Il plt : i l ee l, e;zB b e , i , 4Bo t rst i t / le ot B h gold and silver. Business is very „ Preponderate, and the tendency of 9( 1 t ,c"nsequtntly unfavourable. Consols are transfer, and 91 I for the account. She Nei Threes and Reduced are 904'; Bank 44 (1 the A 37 ; India 5 per Cents. are marked 106' I ; , itherel.Per Cents., 991. a ittri tet 18 rather more firmness in the Foreign e etu e ',lliad business is very dull. Turkish 6 per ei e ; 862 , are 67 ; ; do. Consolides, 461 47 ; l 4 '' i 1. 11, q'e. 331 4 ; Sp an i s h P ass i ve, 331 I ; G reek, h'YPti 4n ~„° qP oss, 11k ?,- ; Portuguese, 47 4 4 ; Il), -' 4 u o -1 101 ; and the Confederate Loan, teA remittan ce lN of £7lO has been rec e ived f r om IN, Ett c Y the present packet for the dividend Th e 4tiv e la ° Peration s i n the Railway Share Market I ke lit ci t been very extensive, the dealers and Ito ßot% bet • e ,, b e ing principally o ccu pi e d w i t h th e lo t i' ll uta for the settlement. Prices, however, W eat er B°llle instances shown more firmness. Great 1‘ 4 411 0, North Western, and South Eastern, have lte rn ( ,, l N; and South Western and North g ave ti:_kuerwick), ss. Metropolitan are fiat, and Thoc;lined about £2. /.81 ) , li tt , ° reign and Colonial lines have exhibited s kik " animation, and quotations are inactive. icitlei, an d Miscellaneous shares continue in limited 114 1 ,b 1 - ti t : City Bank have improved to 1221, 123 ; t'lll ttn . 1 • 411 1 Chine, and Japan to 321 ; London iDn ape e ll i al. shares to 26',1,, 27 ; National Shipping e ted it, t are quoted 1 to 01 discount ; Mauritius Pr ' 1 4 13 'r 1% p r een; Anglo Italian Bank, 11, 11 ~ and Pacific Steam, Pi i prem. ....—... 4 BRITT SII iOVERNMENT F lJ : D ij s Nl3B- "ONE O'CLOCK. v'dr Cent Consols .... . Ihbitto Ace.ount Feb 4 '''''''''''''' 901 I liiSwau,senert.,lteded 1.......:................17. 9914 A i 1, / ,„ 3 i', er '6 e t ~ ''''' :!!! ............. 90.1 it ' 4 ; r ai Per Cent, VitnaltUiet3 ........... —..... It k ,likt.Anuuities, Jan. 187.31 ..... 6 4 4 0 8 1 ~/, yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. D itto n .; 6U YrSO e xpire sth April, 1885 .ein (R ed Sea Telaph), Aug.. 1908. . 18 -- Ditto Pet Cent. b i t Per Cent. 1888 • ............ -- Itlieribtlitt`: ditto A April, 186 6 4 bi tt er 13 ille, Xl,OOO, 2 1 5 i 3 18 6 4 e or Cent. 6 _ ttluNth.? 1;500 t ...,.. 1 tia ti XlOO and £2OO • _ 1444,411, oaland_Stk 41 per Ct., last yr. 237 b itt t oeki lv s Lioi MEN T SECURITIES. tttot cc ount 44, 1 Per Cent. July, 1870 b,tt ) eel' Cent, 1888 99/ 1 t o 6 4fa eed Pa 4er Cent )„ 15 , 1 ,,... per, p.. b i ,l, ) 30 ,,,, k.;ent., Jan. 18/2 ..pa ``' s ll c r._ Bl :l.ooo par tra FOREI GN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ,!tto, i ' Per -Itto 839 a. Cent 4i , e ! 1 d 1859 t bi ne C ent., ili t r tc) 1852-58-60 et he Scri p lo 1863 01 0 .4 3 ,,, ' 09 3, Zl5 paid ti ll . l fil l 6 " 5 6 Per Cent ___ ...... t 'l tt4 " ) ,l3er c oli Cr t iP £5O pd ktzlilt4t4Pielprelleta titell i i Der r o en t) bl ei ' o 2 l p er e nt, 1863 kuilt n t Ne w c e4 t.) Ex. 12 Guilders I,i3ti,p,o,iBooun,solidated. 1 per Cent — q t uitt e 44 ,,7 p„ 0 4 _ 1 Land Warrant _ 100 a 1 l'Pl i S econd h ellt 14 per e e sue .. 100 i bi t ° Ac t , Ilt., 18 21-5, ex-Coupons.. 21 1\ tO e 1 1nt . 231 vi tt° Aolipoua ............ lt,ttirettlacitco-att kki1:6 1,1 1501. 4 1 , er 643. L. ............... Lit bit ca 3 p Lelit .(istar e Railway; 4 t irs _ t . ,,, ~e r c ett tumana __. . ~ 17 : 1, % 4 irBPliellt bitt o r t 4B o: l4l g Per . (2 . ent ........ ,itt 1 ) 41,5r.&0"1.- ........ 1,--44 4 „ , e4r ted. 4- ........... -- 1vi , t7: 1 , 4 \P m .," ...... _ , s itt o , ' , Per ;-ont ti rii .. _ 16t t ‘>ec,, z ,, x Le At. k • ectares) i) ; li tn —, tt: a Per i 1 .. . •• .. pied•- 10111CC°44t7t' l' S * 6 . 2 . .. .... . 1, bbi tt se 8 cent i tt %lB6i . Per :.. .... isf — 2. 4117...erip 6.863....: _ ''itto a ce ° l lllt --(a t., 18 . 53 * - Ipt t , I , er ce'• 11 4 . 1 t.t a 3 .° l xlit . " 18 ° 6 17, '9, '6O, 62;3 47a 1 ;ii8,4 4 1.11);416.1;a•i itto leer C eat i bi tt l f ?iti c , l3B ' Ce t i 18 2, £ St —l k bit t „ Der c e 1860 4roilli 6 per ce11t,1859 (1 44 4: 4 6 Der Ilt ' 186 2 . _ kill keto ( 4' e llt ...... . a . a „,,,... ........ b t,,„ ], . iper,d,,,t . .......... — D)t to ...1:1-ecotilit itto t:,,,,1ve N4,i : I •_ee ,co o tttit ................ .. ..... ittil-.4:ewlitteie. tiitt i?,ert.nt..„rred T 4 4 () l i, zlou llt :` - :° 1 - 1 D not funded — L D i > c 1 c ' P:r cel;t. tto 1,,t,)64 5 ,., 1 " el 0 r u Il e t e . a . t . . 1.8.5.4 - bi)ii it tce , ,,itte p ic e o()4 r a c lita. t.. .18. 5. 8. ... , litto ... pe Bo _ , 8 , t, °, e t• c0:t(.1,„,.~ r i it . f, 1 v alu it ..... 1) . , ,, ,_,;‘). tow _ of, Guar Bonds . (1.7: Ire ittc. ti 4,,,ittee_, 2 ~.. ............. ~tue j a e . I : ',ent ti „ 4 per (jent. bi t '? A te j e l'er Cent. Per Ct., Oct„ 1863 1, 7_ ullt ZN39 pe,ce....., Och D ., lvi dend:„'” 1562 i t t Der percent' '- Per Cent. Ex 25f `l,likr t. I c, s „: , x• 12 d - 1 ' - • 4, 144 '.' Per. c,-,. Certificatelsi : 4 eQ 0 , 141 7%, 18,61, Ex. 25 FTancs.. t5tl R4)l .... .......... i lt ° k ot TWO O'CLOCK. 13 Aeco u ° _. 3- , : ..................... 901 i '' • .................... til i it 4E W11,,,---------_ la i b 4 Na i t. - ‘j? THE ARCHDUKE NIAXIMILIAN, g q t Do,, vinitia id about to publish her diary of a -,. -jar, .: , _ W 4 4 1. ir 'lithe Ate diterranegu, awl *t . her sojourn for t km .-4414, pith f e lt fordo aea B ' a al l [O OB ,hiie ob-• .t no Y gut SHARE MARKETS.--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOeKS. Railways. pail ', Closing Business Price. done. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,and Alid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall ~.ets Gig Do. B Do A i . A o 1116 p C.l) an.liar t been pi , d 4o B. Dublin & Beltast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Giasg. and S. Western. 13reat Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian 81 G raatNort hot Scotland Great Northern... . Do A stock Do /3 do Gt. S. ant W. of Irelan , Great Western Do Str Val gua. stool; Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Slackwal! Lon., Bright., & S. Coast !Lon., Chat., and Dover ILon. & North Western Lon. & Scrith Westernl Man., Shef., & Lincoln. I Maryport and Carlisle. DOI shares ~ Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birmira - . ,Sz Derby 111 d. (It. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kett .. Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchast Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New 'North Staffordshire .. (N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. store Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpooi Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,and Wok. Stockton & Darlington Do _ Do New, 1866 Taff Vale Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and I'im Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dzß West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford' BRITISH P :hart luO sk Railways iantic & Gt Lawrenet Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. kper Cent— Do. New .. • . stock stock stock took stook stock stock stock Stock Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference Butfalo,Brant,&Godriel) 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187', Do. do. June I, 18• P, Cleutta.m S. 1.. astn. (Lin.; 'CapeTown Dock Scril Eaatn. Bengal gu. 5 p. Kest Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bondy.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P; ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stool Do. do. deferred...... GLlncharemn.g - ua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1882 Gt. South.of _lndia (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt , Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8 Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4t p. o. Extension Dc.4A d 0... • • Do. Fifth Extension. Xlelb.Corp. a p. o. Bnds llelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. td orig. Bds. Newßruuswick ct Candst Cla.ss A. an B ... N. al.C'das pc Ist pt bds &bade Do. Delhi Do do t Do. Punjaub Do. Do. Do. Indus. St. Flo.) ISSE Paid, all 1O( ,SIONS. Closing Price. 60 c 2 104 1(5 P 1 p 6 6i 84 01 100 100 100 100 100 100 102 IC4 101 103 icol 107, Ics 1(6 11p 14'f , 201 211 73 25 50 at 66 68 53 56 51 63 41 13 26 28 22 C 4 ICO 107 1 14 J., 1 11 1, 103 104 91 10i 101 101 93 95 86 88 104 105 98 100 IJ4 98 57 59 all 100 (100 ' 100 2 all 160 100 8 5 82 84 104 105 103 104 stock stock IP 103 104 8 - 00 k 100 102 Business don. COLONIAL GOVERNMEN ov p.c.J a&J 1877-Si . ..... Do. ti p. c. Feb. Do. d p. c.Mar.,t Sept. po. 5 p. C. Jan.&July. . . 101 i Do. 51nscribed stock 'Cape G.Hope, 6 p Do.Ap & OcL 188 t, Do. 1891 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c iblatultius 6 per cent ,Natal Gov. 6 per cont N.8.G0v.6 pm. d a.&J ul) Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p Dv. 5 p. c.,18t1 to It7t Do. d0.,1888 &upwdv ,New Zealand 6 p cent. !Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c ! sterling, 1875 ;Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c Aus G6p.c.1878.& up !Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to Ro.o. ADALOOL. 'l' Si!IC U 1061 102 104 l i(3 11.5 103 115 91 in [9O 92 106 108 109 111 109 111 108 110 110 112 104 106 1(8 110 ,ioe 104 100 100 100 100 100 10q 4 0 100 99 100 994 1001, 107 109 10 105 109 111 109 111 R,ITIE S. 10 111 1101 i I BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold, 1 id ciiitord Amalgamated 364 374 ()even G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 576 685 East Bassett(lllogan) 30 65 67 1 Mast Clogau Gold Ltd 52. id par East Caradon ....... '2.14.6 27 28 Nast Carn Brea... 3.4.0 74 8 E. W'i Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 44 54 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 584 8 10 Great South Tolgus 178 44 44 G. Wheal Vor (neaten) 40 14 15 Grenville 0.16. t 41, 6 ... 8.12 A 7 39 tiingaton Downs 4.18.0 24 34 Lady Bertha Margaret (11ny Lelant 9¢ 19 21 Marke 4 Ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim. ; 2A- 14 4 New Setun l9l 90 100 —• North Downs ••=1 14 14 `.li h'l Basset(lllo2;an 3.1.0 24 3 North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 54 54 l'ar Consols(St. Blazey Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer ; 14 425 135 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — zi.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 574 624 ,Stray Park 30.17.6 28 32 5 Vionar Silv.Ac Lead Min. 44 fin Croit 9 19 20 West Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 'West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 85 90 Wheal Buller(Redrutll) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty(U.Lelanl) 2.0.8 WhealLuthott Wheal Mary Ann (:en ) 8 12 124 Wheal Cleton 684 150 160 Virheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 23 24 Wheal Union 3.17 3 34 YREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 116 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 171 FOREIGN MMES. Alamillos, limited, Scottish Australian, lim., DOCKS. St. Katharine, 711 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Anglo Austrian, 61 6 Australasia, Ditto, new, 49 Bank of New Zealand. 14 British and American Exchange (lim.), 181 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 311 Imperial Bank (11m.), 24i 51 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 4 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 London and South African, 261 London and Westminster, 84 31 Oriental Bank Corporation, 60j 60 Union of London, 43 MISCELLANEOUS. Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 61 Joint • stock Discount, 61 Ditto, new, 6/ 1 Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 7 National Discount Company, lim., 101 Oriental Inland Steam, lim , The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per millepm„ and the short exchange on London is 25.271 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 I7s. 100. per ounce fbr standard gold, it appears that gold Is at about the same price in London and Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about the same price in London and Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1661 to 1671 per cent., and the premium on gold is about 541 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE ENGINEERS UNDER COLONEL MOODY, lately employed surveying in British Columbia, have just now returned to England. HERR WAGNER'S opera of " Tan nhauser " will very probably be given next season, with an Italian version, at Her Majesty's Theatre. COUNT A. AUERSPERG is the author of the German poem on Robin Hood. THE DUCHY OF HOLSTEIN has now been com pletely occupied, and the army of execution, which now includes 32,000 Prussians, 25,000 Austrians, and 12,000 Hanoverians and Saxons, is being rapidly raised to 100,000 Ten. B Bi Si 8i 84 E 6 120 121 7 7i 37 N 16 17 97 99 107 109 59 50 46 48 7f 81 I<6 t 27 131) 1321 134 136 98 10) 641 65} 110 111 1 72 73 107 109 43 44 1061 1061 1011 104 49 50 j 107 109 1272 128 14 lid 97 99 52i 631 25 t 6 1021 lt3i 59 60 891 901 123 128 1 2 78 79 It 11i 124 126 13 45 98 100 53 64 33 3E 95 ai 98 100 10 104 48 39 94 101 1, 71 8 p l 158 100 5 54 , 21 l p 83 86 170 175 22 25 LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice, and Justices Crompton, Blackburn, and Mellor.) KELLOCK V. SAMUELSON. Mr. James, Q.C., said this case was originally heard be fore Mr. Justice Williams, at Liverpool, and a verdict was given for the plaintiff for £l9l. He had now to move on the part of the defendants for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection, or for leave to enter a nonsuit. The plaintiff was a shipbroker, and the defendants iron shipbuilders at Hull, and the action was brought to recover a certain sum as commission on the sale of a ship. A gentleman named Carlisle called on the plaintiff, and asked if he had an iron ship for sale. He said he had not, but that ho had no doubt Messrs. Samuelson, or some others, had what was wanted. As soon as Mr. Car lisle left a letter was sent by Kellock's clerk to Hull, to ascertain whether they had a ship for sale, and an answer was returned that inquiry would be made. As Mr. Carlisle left Kellock's office, he met a Mr. Samuelson, who had formerly been in partnership with the firm at Hul', but he did not know that he did not then belong to it. A ship was sold, and Kellock contended that he had a right to his commission, and on the case being tried a verdict was given for him for £l9l. He (Mr. James) complained of the manner in which the case lald been left to the jury by the learned judge. Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The court was occupied the whole of the early part of the day with a case resiecting the infringement of a patent for improvements in wool combing machinery. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OFFENSIVE PLACARDS.—Two men, named William Dundas and Robert Edwards, attended to answer the com plaint of Mr. Joseph Foskey, manager at Messrs. Swan and Edgar's,Regent's-street, of carrying about placards, causing thereby an obstruction of the thoroughfare, and great annoyance to the inhabitants. It appears that far some time past the defendants have been in the practice of parading in front of Messrs. Swan and Edgar's, in Regent-street—not more than seven yards from the house—nearly the whole of the day with large placards, one of them respecting the " Florentine Venus." Besides the annoyance caused by the conduct of the defend • ants confining themselves to the front of Messrs. Swan and Edgar's house,—more especially by the defendant with the offensive placard alluded to—great obstruction was caused by the defendants, and carriages were prevented from driving up. The defendants were spoken to and cautioned by the police, but as they refused to go away the present proceedings were taken against them. The magistrate said that the defendants walking at such a short distance as seven yards from the house might be a great annoyance and obstruction. The defendants promised not to offend again, and a nominal fine was imposed upon them and costs. COMMITTAL OF A CABMAN WITHOUT A FINE FOR As. SAULTS,—William Robert Morse, cabdriver, badge 5,672, was charged with being drink and assaulting police-con stables Henry Elgar, 94 C, and William Cane, 35 C, in Piccadilly. The constable Elgar was persuading a drunken gentle man, who had been in the company of some prostitutes and cabmen, and turned out of a public.house in Piccadilly, to go home, when the prisoner, without the constable at all interferring with him, knocked him down, and on the other constable, Cane, 35 C, going to Elgar's assistance, he (pri soner) twisted his legs rouud Cane's, and threw him down and struck him. He was then taken into custody, and all the way to the station behaved with great violence to the constables. _ Mr. Knox said a most unprovoked assault had been com mitted by the prisoner on the first constable—the constable not having interfered with him in any way, and the other constable was assaulted by the prisoner when merely assist ing his brother constable. He should commit the prisoner for a month with hard labour. THAMES. A BURGLARY PREVENTED.—John Cummins, a noted burglar and thief, and belonging to a family of felons, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with being on the pre mises of Mr. John Day, linendraper, No. 14, High-street, Stepney, with intent to commit a burglary. Michael Hughes, a police-constable of the K division, saw the prisoner and two other men near the premises of Mr. Day at 10 minutes past 1 o'clock this morning. They went to a wall in Bromley-street, which formed the boundary of a paved yard at the back of the house. The prisoner and one of his companions lifted a third man over the wall, and he dropped into the yard, and immediately set to work. A man named George Bassin, confectioner, of No. 15, High street, who had just arrived at his door, knocked and was requested by Hughes to accompany him to Brom ley-street. They had no sooner reached the wall than a signal was given ; the fellow who had been lifted over the wall returned and jumped into the street, at the same time handing a crowbar to the prisoner behind his back. They "shuffled" it among them, and the prisoner was arrested, but the others escaped. Mr. Selfe asked how it was only ono of the gang was taken into custody ? on which Hughes replied he could not tackle the three. He kept them in conversation for some time, in hopes of obtaining help. He did not see what became of the crowbar. Inspector Hayes, of the K division, said that Mr. Day's house was exactly opposite Stepney Old Church, and the prisoner and his companions passed the church-yard. It was possible the crowbar was there. He had searched the cemetery, which was a large one, but had not been able to find it. Mr. Day said he discovered this morning that a burglar had been in his yard sinco he closed the ,house last night. The area rails at the back of the house had been forced and removed. Timothy Cox, police sergeant, No, 45 K, said I know the prisoner well. Five years ago he was before your worship, at this court, for attempting to break into the White Swan public louee. You committed him for trial. He was sen tenced to two years' imprisonment. He had the finest set of housebreaking tools I ever saw in my life. His brother has been convicted and sentenced to three years' penal servitude. Mr. Selte—The prisoner was before me five years ago. Cox—He was, sir. Mr. Selfe—lf I come here for a day some of my old ac quaintances are sure to be here. I think Hughes you might have "tackled" more than one of the three burglars. There was a man with you, and I think you could have "tackled" two and call d out for more assistance. You have been in the K division four years. I shall remand the prisoner for a week. WESTMINSTER. BANEFUL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION p —Sarah Cooper, a middle-aged woman, was charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance. Peter Allen, 180 V, said that between five and six o'clock last evening he was sent for to 34, Paulton-square, Chelsea, outside of which he found the defendant drunk and creat ing a disturbance. He requested her to go away, but she refused, and he was obliged to lock her up. Defendant—l am a very ill used woman, your worship. I have been grossly neglected by my husband, and every time Igo near him for anything he locks me up. I went to see him on business. Mr. Arnold —You were drunk, and therefore in no con dition to visit any one on business. Defendant—Oh, dear me, no, not drunk; I might have taken a little refreshment, but was certainly not drunk. The acting-inspector on duty at the station was called, and proved distinctly that she was. A Police-constable—She has given her husband and family a great deal of care and trouble. She was only liberated from prison yesterday, after undergoing a con finement of six weeks. Mr. Arnold—How was that ? Policeman—She was unable to procure bail for her good behaviour, and was locked up in default. Mr. Arnold—Was she then charged with drunkenness ? The husband, a very respectable looking elderly man, a dozen years her senior, said—She got drunk and took up a knife and then threatened to cut off the childrens' heads, but I fortunately got her out into the street before she did any mischief. She's an incorrigible drunkard. Dennis, the gaoler—When here last night she was drunk. Mr. Arnold—l shall now commit her for seven days without a fine. Defendant—Pray don't, Oh, pray don't. Mr. Arnold was inexorable, and she was committed to Tothill-fields Blidewell. Many mistakes have occurred in the observations made on the appointment of Mr. Beard by her Ma jesty to the office of Court Newsman, from which Mr. Doane retires. This office has nothing to do, as stated, with the clerkship of presentations, which concerns eccle siastical appointments, and is in the gift of the Lord Chan cellor. The Court Newsman's duty is to distribute daily to the morning papers a document supplied from Court, and called the " Court Circular"—not in any way connected with a newspaper so called. The offie of Court Circular, or Court Newsman, commenced under the reign of George 111. The King, being much annoyed at the inaccuracies in the papers as to the Royal movements, took the advice of the chief metropolitan magistrate, and appointed a Court Newsman; and Mr. Doane, the grandfather of the late official, was installed in the office, which has gradually developed itself in importance. A SUBTERRANEAN HUNT.—An extraordinary bait „ e h a s just taken place in the sewers of Paris. Taking adt,antage of the frost, which drives this particular game into covert, the owner invited a Christmas party to partake of the sport of rat killing. All the great sewers were driven in ono direction till millions of rats, which fought among themselves like tigers as they were hunted along, were col lected in the larg e drain b y the brid ge of Asnieres. Forty dooswerethea let down into the sewers, an d a ft er a fight which last 45 hours, and in which four dogs were killed and some blinded, no lets than 11000 rats were despatched. 1281 7i P The National Shakespeare Committee. Under this heading we must, if merely for the good-humoured banter of the thing, put the follow ing delightfully comical report as given in the pages *of Mr. Punch. A more perfectly truthful report, in its way, we hardly conceive it possible can any where have appeared in regard to any public meeting that ever took place. In saying this, we ap peal to the recollection of anyone who happened to be present on the occasion referred to. And we are satisfied that those who were present on that occasion will agree with us, after reading the sub joined report, that, exquisitely ludicrous though it is, it is really and truly, hardly anywhere touched with the exaggeration of a mere caricature. Quoth Mr. Punch or his Reporter ; Precisely as the clock struck four, the room being tole rably well filled, the chair was taken by an elderly gentle man totally unknown to any one present. Mr. Chick, the energetic promoter of the scheme, was seated at the chair man's left hand, while a mild individual, acting as under secretary, was on the chairman's right, but in consequence of being placed behind several large volumes, he was not visible to the majority of the members. The CHAIRMAN on rising, said that A MEMBER of the committee here observed that he was sorry to interrupt, but what he wanted to know was, how that gentleman came to occupy the chair? (1-lear, hear.) Mr. CHICK rose to explain. He begged to say that since the last meeting, ho had come to the unanimous resolution of electing himself secretary, and that he now, of course, held that position. In discharge of the duties of this office, he had received and answered several letters from various influential personages in the United Kingdom, who had expressed themselVes favourably with regard to the present national movement. Also, in bearing this onerous but cheerfully self-imposed burden, he had had the pleasure of calling on a few of his friends, whose mimes he would now read to them : the Duke of Turnham Green, His Grace the Duke of Kennington, The Marquis of Islington, with whom he had spent an hour or so at luncheon. Lord Eletant-and-Carcel, who expressed himself in the strongest terms possible of admiration—(hear, hear)—for him personally, Mr. Chick—(disapprobation), His Excellency Karat Sing, Ambassador from the Un discovered Islands of the Pacific, The Earl of March and April, to whom he Mr. Chick, had been lately introduced, and was proud to acknowledge as his dearest friend. Mr, CHICK was proceeding to read a long list of his aris tocratic acquaintance, dividing them into five classes, i.e., Those whom he knew well; those with whom he was on speaking terms ; those who knew him well, but were not on speaking terms; those whom he knew by sight ; and the remainder consisted of those whom he wanted to know, when- Mr. Mivms interrupted. He (Mivins) didn't want to hear the self-glorification of Mr. Chick. (Order, order— Hear, hear—Chair.) He pressed the original question -Who was that elderly person in the chair ? (Hear, hear —Order.) Mr. Citicx, in explanation, said, that the inhabitants of the county of Surrey had at first contemplated the celebra tion of a distinct Festival in honour of Adam, founding their right on the existence of a small colony, not far from Rich mond, entitled Ham, which they asserted, could trace an unbroken descent from the Noachian era. Mr D'Hummy was the President of the Ham Council; that distinguished body, so far from opposing the National plan, had sent in their adhesion to it, and he (Mr. Chick) felt sure that he had done nothing but carry out the wish of every well. wisher of the present Great Festival,in electing, on his own responsibility, to the office of their chairman, the late anta gonistic President, Mr. D'Hummy. Mr. D'HummY (on being nudged by Mr. Chick), rose and said—Ladies and Gentlemen—l mean Gentlemen— the—um—present occ a si on —is one—on which yo u —th a t i s I—(Hear, hear)—and in fact the National Committee—l must state, however, that I' ve come all the way f rom H am by the omnibus— VOlCE—Better go back again. (Order! Chair !) Mr. D'Humir continued—And being unaccustomed to public —no—l should say, this sort of thing —(Speak up I Order I Chair I) 1 can only remark that I wish—(here Mr. Chick handed the Chairman a small piece of paper)—eh ( where are my spectacles ? Oh, yes, (reading what Mr. Chick has written)—ah so—yes--thank you. The Secretary—no, the Under-Secretary — (looking about)—l don't exactly see where he is. (Here Mr. Chick attracted the Chairman's attention to the Under-Secretary, who em3rged from behind the big books.) Ah, how d'ye do, Sir ?—then, yes— At this point the Chairman, imagining he had done everything that was necessary, sat down. SEVERAL MEMBERS—Wh a t's the question ? What's going to be done ? CHAIRMAN (rouses by Mr. Chick, smilingly)—Oh yes, I forgot to say that the Minutes of the former Meeting—l wasn't here you know—will be read. (Hear, hear.) The reading of the Minutes led to an animated discussion as to whether they were framed in grammatical language, and a good deal of language that was neither elegant nor grammatical was exchanged. A Member proposed that a copy of Lindley Murray should be provided for the use of the meeting, and offered to go out and buy one at the ex pense of the Secretary. Mr. Wicx.iNs observed that such a course was unprece dented. The CHAIRMAN (rising)—What I want to say is, that I've come all the way from Ham by omnibus—(Order, Order, and cries of " Wickins"). Mr. WICKINS (angrily)—ls this proceeding to stifle dis cussion? Mr. SPLUFF (rising and attracting the Chairman's eye away from Mr. Wickins)—l ask to be allowed--(Order I Chair I Chorus of " Wickins.") _ The CHAIRMAN (who has all this time been talking, apparently, to Mr. Spluff, continues)—And I must say that at Ham—(goes on talking inaudibly.) Mr. Wickins (violently)—ls this conduct intended to stifle—to stifle discussion ? Here Mr. Chick plucked the Chairman by the sleeve, who on turning and seeing Mr. Wickins on his legs, bowed to that gentleman, and, after smiling affably, was about to proceed with the dircourse, in which he had been jast in • terrupted, when Mr. Chick handed him a slip of paper. After inspecting the writing, The CHAIRMAN (politely b Mr. Wickins, before sitting down)—l didn't know that Jou were speaking, Mr. Wig gins. Mr. CHICK, in explanation, regretted to inform the meeting that Mr. D'Hummy was slightly afflicted with deafness. (Hear, hear.) Mr, WrciaNs—Sir, I must protest against being called Wiggins. Mr. SMITH said he was sorry to interrupt the last speaker, but as a practical man—he repeated as a practical man—he wanted to know what they were going to do about the Adamite Festival. That was their object in meeting together. They had been there for nearly three hours doing nothing. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WICKINS was understood to protest against being called Wiggins. Mr. CHICK said he would read to them a little poem that he had just written in honour of (Hear, hear.) —..... he wo u ld rea d t o th em a li s t of every M ar r r S C : , He t w y r hK 0 - -w Q .\\ s a eh e e s l d t t i ohhnei then, I,name to opear in public print, commencing with those who had forwarded a guinea spe cially for that purpose. This occupied about three-quarters of an hour, during which most of the members left the room. At the conclu sion, Mr. Chick wished to know whether they'd like to hear the names of several members of the aristocracy who had not yet been asked to join the movement. This question having been replied to in the negative, M r . Chick proposed a vote of thanks to himself, and moved that he should aot for the Committee in the interim before the next meeting. This proposal having been also negatived, Mr. Chick said that he should do what he liked without reference to any of them. Mr. Wicaiars—When and where do we meet again ? Mr. Catcx.—Don't know. Mr. WiciaNs—Don't care. After this the meeting separated, and the amiable chair man went back to Ham for the omnibus. A WORD IN ITS FAVOUR. (From the Court Journal.) — The National ShaksPeare Committee have lately been drawing down upor_ their unfortunate heads a vast amount of censure and abuse, and bade fair some few days ago to become the most unpopular body of men in England. We neither concur with those who believe in the total justice of the severe remarks made by the opponents of the committee, nor with the gentlemen who are so vigorously striving to prove that they acted in the most courteous, modest, and justifiable manner to the late Mr. Thackeray. In our opi nion the committee certainly wronged the great man who , has so unexpectedly been snatched awa y f rom us, while, on 1 the other hand, they have done their best, since Mr. Mr. Thackeray's death, to set themselves ri ght in the eyes of the public, and to make amends for the f ault which they may possibly have committed in a mom ent of haste and mortification, rather than of pla nned hostilit y. At any rate, it is time that personal bickerings and accusations s h ou ld give way to the general desire to do something in 1864 worthy the rummy of one of the greatest men whose genius ever adorned the literat ure of anci ent or modern times, an d that the n ames o f Si r E . The whole gist of the dispute lies in a mer e nutshell. It appears that the most distin gu ished autho rs , statesmen, ac countable opp os i t i on h a d orators, artists, and actors have been asked by th e commit tee to act as vice presidents, three novelists w h o were B. Lytton and Mr. Dickens wo re both add e d t o t h e li st, though not till some very un been made to the admission of Sir E. B u l wer L ytton. However, as two out of the T acknowledged to be the greatest 4 the d a y h a d b een ap pointed vice-presidents, it was only reasonable to e x p ec t t h h a e ci third, already been that the committee em w n o ta u k ltedephoc a o ime backeray. A n i nv it at i on r,07 a sking hi m t o j o i n t h e ge neral same di s ti nc ti on upon committee; and hero it A p pears that th e m i sta k e arose 1 on the part of numy members, rho imagined that the dis tinguished author intended to slight their body, and forgot that, as the invitation was in the shape of a printed cir cular, Mr. Thackeray would be very likely to overlook it, or to disregard it as a mere matter of form which needed no reply. When, therefore, it was proposed to make him a vice-president, those gentlemen who shared this belief voted against the motion, on the ground that he ought first to have accepted the place of a member of the commitee. Several persons acted, perhaps, from a different motive, but on the whole there is reason to believe that the great majo rity laboured under an unfortunate misconception, and are consequently not deserving of the opprobrium and the fierce attacks which they have had to er4counter from every qaarter. At the suggestion of Mr. Gruneisen, the committee have, in the most commendable manner, carried a resolution to the effect " that the general committed deeply deplore the premature disease of Mr. Thackeray, and regret that cir cumstances should have occurred to prevent the enrol ment of his name in the list of vice-presidents." This ought surety to have the effect of lessening the public resentment, and causing the committee to be re ceived as the exponent and repr, , sentative of the country in the national movement, to which all men must wish well, No doubt it is not composed and constituted exactly as might have been wished, but, nevertheless, the names of Bulwer, Brougham, Dickens, Lord Stanhope, Gladstone, and others are suffioient guarantee that the affair is not in the hands of a selfish and petty-minded clique, as some persons (from what motives we know not) have been pleased to insinuate. Those who now endeavour to throw obstacles into its path will lay themselves open to the im putation that their veneration for Mr. Thackeray's memory is but a blind to disguise their personal dislike to several members of the committee. Surely, too, our desire to do justice to Mr. Thackeray should not be the means of pre venting our display of admiration for Shakapeare. It is time that something should have been proposed, if not commenced, for the day appointed for the festival is close at hand ; and unless more good-will, unity, and activity is displayed on all sides, England will be open to the reproach that, while every country has done honour to its national poet, she alone has neglected to show any mark of admira tion or respect to the memory of one whom the world acknowledges as the greatest poet of all ages. If, too, it should be added, this neglect was occasioned by the most contemptible and petty squabbles of a personal nature, the disgrace will, indeed, be doubly strong. A ROUNDABOUT PAPER. (From the London Review.) (Not yet printed in the Cornhill Magazine.) UPON POSTHUMOUS STATUES, AND OTHER IMAI3ES NOT POSTHUMOUS. (A. Letter to a young Literary Gentleman.) A certain writer, I mention no names, my dear Bob--for after a long interval I again address you—a writer whose name you may possibly have seen affixed to certain yellow covers of a work that shall be nameless, objected in that mild and benignant way which so well became him to the gushing enthusiasm of Poor Paddy, who wished to raise a statue to King Gorgius the Fourth upon the banks of that silver stream which fl Avs through the beautiful city of Dublin. "My dear Public," that ill-conditioned and satiric writer is reported to have said, "what is the use of raising a statue to a man who never did a good action in his life, who was debased, sensual, vulgar, and gluttonous ; whose highest genii's was strained, absolutely strained, when he invented a shoebuckle, and whose great mind was taxed in endeavouring to make his coat sit without wrinkles? No, my dear Public, do not do so; choose your heroes with more wisdom; besides, why are you so anxious to commit a superfluous deed ; why rush into a work of supererogation? Is not Gorgius fitly represented amidst the waxen populace of Madame Tussaud's ? Is he not there in all his glory, strut, stare, pink cheeks, coronation robes, flaxen wig—a masterpiece by Truefitt—dancing pumps and all ? Gorgius was proud of his foot, and the artist who stuffed him—for the Chamber of Horrors, I was about to write, but I remember his Ma jesty is in a properly gilt recess—has been careful to copy it." There he stands in all the majesty of real life, and children and flunkies who are admitted at half price, my dear Bob—only sixpence each—wonder and admire. There—l declare if I have not let the secret out. Of course, the ingenious public will see that the present pen man is the ill-conditioned writer. Of course, they will nudge each other, and say, Ah I we knew his contempt for the Georges. Well, I may as well make an open confes sion, de me /abule narratur, I was ono of the non-contents ; I think that the character of a people may be known by its statues, just as the character of the Athenians in the days of Alcibiades was shown by the damage done to the effigies of a certain god, as we read in Plutarch. You will please to mark the classical allusion and take it for what it is worth. What I mean is that people should be careful about setting up posthumous statues to the successful speculator, the pill merchant, or the king of snobs. I, for one, did once subscribe two guineas for —. But that fact shall never pass my pen —no, never. But when I do subscribe again, it shall be to one eminently great in Genius, Fortune, Wisdom, and Service to his country. Of course, statues to such men are, need I say, from the very nature of the thing, perfectly superfluous. Great men who combine in their life these four requisites have raised statues to them selves less perishable than brass and marble ; and, as Milton says of gentle William Shakspeare of such a sort— One Law for the Rich and another for the Poor. SECOND E lITION. "That kings for such a tomb might wish to die." I am seldom betrayed into a quotation except, my dear Bob, as you know, from Horace or the Latin Grammar, but the subject, I positively declare, stole it from rae. And, now I am about it, I remember that there are certain lite rary and other gentlemen who are about to raise a fund to worthily commemorate sweet Will of Avon himself. I de clare positively that the only possible objection that I can see to such a scheme is that the poet himself, whom I hold in as much reverence as anyone, would probably shrink from it, and rest content with his little coloured stone bust in a country church, his quaint epitaph, and that large and universal monument of love which he has built up in all hearts. At the tomb of an ancient chief, each warrior once brought a stone, and piled it upon the grave as he passed, till the rough pyramid rcse into the sky and lived amidst the wreck of finer works unharmed by Time ; and at dear Will's tomb we men of the pen have for ages brought our hearts and laid them down ; old Ben, rough old fellow, was the first bricklayer, and then Leonard Digges, and Milton, and, Dryden, and good old Doctor Sam, with Pope and others, till it mounts upwards and upwards to the skies, nor will it decrease till the last of us poor authors shall have gone to join, let us piously hope, for we are a wild race, his chief in heaven But since you will have a statute--a fine work of art, my dear Bob—of couse you artists with the pen, and the brush, and chisel will make your exertions towards its proper erection a labour of love. There will be no literary jealoasies --not that such ever exist—over the matter. There will be no cliquism, and I am sure all will modestly keep in the background, and let the working men go forward, and the fifth-rate penmen won't jump into the first-rate places. The playful humour, admirable terseness, and keen sarcasm which some of you possess, will be exerted in whipping up a languid Public to its duty ; you will not coquet with lords, dukes, marquises, and bishops; you will not bow down to gilt calves on any account ; and dear Jones, who dines with Lord Fierbras and Captain Deuce-Ace, will leave their society, and work on the committee for raising this great public monument. Above all —as, my dear Bob, I hear from those versed in literary history, it is three hun dred years since he was born, and the time is rather a long while to wait in these days of stony and statuesque recog nition—l am sure that no literary gentleman will put little stumbling-blocks in the way, and hinder the erection of a fitting monument to one to whom all the world owes so much; nor will they, whilst building up this, try to build up little ones for themselves ; I do not suppose for one instant that they will paint their names—at any rate, more than once ; no, they will be as modest, retired, and self abasing as they always are. Reddit Saturnii regnum ; the Golden Age has, indeed, returned; the lion of literary fame shall lie down with the dramatic lamb ; the venomous critic shall coil in glistening beauty round the pink-feet of the dove of Posey; the big elephant of the book-world, who has lined his own and so many other people's trunks, shall modestly consort with the timidest little mouse of a perio dical essayist, who has just ventured out of his hole, and got into print. The world, my dear Bob, will wonder; but what care we for the world,we do not want to trumpet forth ourselves, but to testify the applause, delight, wonder, and admiration of this generation to the Mightiest Genius of all time. Believing, my dear Bob, that this little sketch fully em bodies your intentions, I am quite with you. BROWN THE ELDER, Megatherium Club, April 23. THE Po ST- OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.—The weekly deposit is about £lO,OOO, the withdrawals less than one third. The sum now remaining in the Post-office bank is £3,263,000, and the number of present depositors 307,000, showing an average balance of over £lO each. NEW MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. — The followipg gentlemen will be entitled to take their seats at the commencement of the forthcoming session of Parliament :—Sir Roundeil Palmer, on his re-election for Richmond as Attorney-Genera►—Sir R. P. Collier, on his re-election for Plymouth as Solicitor-General—Colonel Vyse for Windsor, in the room of Mr Hope, deceased — Mr C. Neate, for the eity of Oxford, in the room of Mr J. 11. Langston, deceased—Mr Humphrey, for Andover, in the room of Mr W. Cubitt, deceased—Mr R. Bateson Harvey, for Buckinghamshire, in the room of the Hon. W. G. Cavendish, now Lord Chesham—Major Waterhouse, for Pontefract, in the room of Mr R. M. Milnes, raised to the peerage—Sir C. O'Loghlen, Bert., for Clare, in the room of Mr F. M. Catena, deceased—Hon. C. R. Ilanbury Tracy, for the Montgomery boroughs, in the room of Capt. Willes Johnson, deceased—Sir William Frazer, Bart., for Ludlow, in the room of Mr Beriah Botfield, deceased—the Hon. F. Lygon, for West Worcestershire, in the room of Viscount Elmley, now Earl Beauebamp—Mr J. PM, for Taroworth, in the room of Viscount Raynhaw, now the Marquis Townshend—Mr M. Treherno, for Coventry, in the room of the Right Hon. E. Ellice, deceased—Mr Lloyd, for Barnstaple, in the room of Mr. George Potts, deceased; Mr. George Shaw Lefevre, in the room of Mr. Pigott, now a Baron of the Exchequer, TO THE EDTTOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—" Who is to blame ?" and " Whom shall we hang ?" are questions which just now era being very gene rally asked. Answer to the first question—" Nobody, of course. It is that great impersonality, The System, that is to blame." Answer to the second question-Ist., In its literal sense, " The poor murderer, to be sure, not the rich one ;" 2dly, In its figurative sense, "The inferior who has been guilty of the crime, for which there is no forgiveness, at least not in this world, of having been persecuted and illused by his superiors." Some short time ago I called at:entiom through your columns, in commenting upon the "Craw ling Court-martial," as Punch calls it—to the un happy effect it would have on the rank and file of the army, and the classes whence it is recruited, and not recruited by conscription, but by volun tary enlistment;—if an impression were produced in the mind that there is "one law for the rich and another for the poor ;" one sort efjustice for the officer, another for the privates. Now, rightly or wrongly, this impression has ac tually and extensively got abroad, and it may prove most fatal in its consequences. We have no pressgangs now; no proscription like that which Russia put in force a year ago in Warsaw; no conscription, as there is in France. We depend for our army upon the people volunteering into its ranks of their own free will. Will the people volunteer with such an impression abroad? It is to be feared they will rather emigrate and volunteer into the American army, where flogging is unknown. What the "Crawling Court Martial" has done among soldiers and the enlisting classes, the reprieve of Townley has done among the people generally. Townley's escape is a flagrant illustra tion of the invidious charge that there is " one law for the rich and another for the poor." Of course nothing so ridi culous is meant as that Townley bribed the authorities. Nobody would dream of such insane nonsense as this. But everybody is convinced that it is the fact of Townley's family being rich, and therefore able to bring forces to bear upon the Home-office, which a poor man could not do, that alone has excempted the wilful, cold-blooded, deliberate murderer Townley from the punishment he so richly de • serves, The effect, therefore—namely, escape from pun ishment through being rich—is in itself, and as regards the encouragement it holds out to murderers, just as bad, though effected in this indirect way, as if it had been brought about as they bring such things about in some foreign countries, where the culprit who can afford to bribe the authorities can always get off, and the culprit who can't must die. Sir Geo. Grey, or rather his legal advisers, have acted with the strictest legality in what has been dune. That does not alter the case that had Townley been a poor man line the Fording bridge and Whittlesey murderers, everybody believes it is a moral certainty that what has been done would not have been done, but that the law would have taken its course, and there would have been no failure of justice. And so with regard to the late court-martial. Supposing the decision to be perfectly right and legal, and just (which I only suppose for argument, and that at the present moment its being my purpose to express any opinion one way or the other) still it could only be so by accident, as the whole mode of procedure seems specially and admirably contrived to defeat justice, and prevent the real truth from being got at, An impres sion is abroad, both with regard to the army and to the administration of the criminal law among civilians, that there is "one law for the rich and another for the poor." Of course it is absurd to say that Townley, having been wrongfully snatched from the penalty he richly deserves, therefore 'Wright also ought to have escaped. It is the prevalent belief which I am dealing with, and which is so pernicious ; and that belief, right or wrong, well or ill founded, is a sinister fact in itself. It bodes no good to society, or to its individual members, or to the respect with which it is desirable that the administration of justice should be regarded, when there is a general belief in " one law for the rich and another for the poor," COMMON SENSE. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market very quiet. Sales, 2,000 or 3,000 bales, at id, to id. below Friday. Import, 6,472. Pre viously, 2,466. The last week's raiLway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under :- 1864. 1863. Great Western £53,041 £49,415 orth-Western youth -Western Brighton idland 39,092 36,796 South-Eastern 17,410 17,206 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 35,410 31,367 Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern' 46,455 42,998 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln.. 15,100 14,214 Glasgow and South- Western Great Southern and Western of Ireland 6,497 6,870 These returns, compared with those of the same period of the previous year, in most instances are of a very satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £3,626; on the North Western, of £7,180 ; on the South Western, of £9Ol ; on the Midland, of £2,296; on the South Eastern, of £204; on the Great Northern, of £4,069; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £4,043 ; on the North Eastern, of £3,459 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, of £886; and on the Glasgow and South Western, of £1,300. The London and Brighton, however exhibits a de crease of £973, and the Great Southern and Western of Ireland, of £373. _ . • • The report of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company has been issued, in anticipation of the general meeting of proprietors. It states that the sales of live stock effected in the six months to the 30th June last realised £1,184. The desirability of acquiring at a cheap rate or fee•simple of the Elian gaan station induced the directors to propose, as a means for raising the necessary capital, the issue of debentures to the amount of £25,000. A change in the date of holding the company's annual meeting is proposed, and in order to facilitate this object they will recommend, in June or July next, a divi dend on account out of the proceeds of such portion of the wool clip of 1863 as shall have been realised. EXPLOSIVE METEORS.—It would seem that the Creator of the universe has provided a shield for the protection of his creatures from evils which are not inevitable results of their own wickedness or folly. We do not remem ber any instance on record in which an explosion did not take place before the aerolite reached the earth, by which it was blown harmless to pieces ; some of the fragments reaching the earth at different points ; others, and these pro bably the larger portions, continuing their revolutions through space. An extraordinary instance of a series of such explosions was observed in France, which was subsequently made the subject of an inquiry by a commission under the di • rect ion of M. Biot. The explosions were preceded by the ap pearance of a huge ball of fire seen over nearly the whole of Normandy. Then, for sor 6 minutes, they followed each other with great rapidity, and such loudness that they were heard all over a circle about GO leagues in diameter. They ap peared to come from a brilliant cloud. An emission of a va pour resembling smoke followed each explosion. This was at mid-day, in an almost cloudless sky, and immediately after the first explosion, and during the whole time they lasted, an immense number of aerolites fell to the ground with a hissing noise. Nearly 3,000 of these were afterwards picked up, the largest of which weighed over 17 pounds. It is not possible to give a positive answer to the question — Why is the fall of an aerolito always preceded by an explo sion ? Generally there is a single explosion, but this is not invariably the case, as we have just mentioned one instance in which there was a succession. Almost simultaneously with the report, the aerolite strikes• the earth. Whenever this has occurred in the presence of a spectator, it has always been found that the stone was exceedingly hot. The mass of meteoric iron which wa s dug out of the ground at a village in the Punjaub, was almost too hot to be touched, though it had penetrated to a considerable depth in the earth, and some time must have elapsed between its fall and the arrival of the officer of the district on the spot. This mass was sent to the emperor, who directed it to be made into a sabre, knife , and dagger. Heat was likewise very sensible in the case of the stone which fell at Ensis heim on the 7th of November, 1492, though it had to be dug out of the earth from a depth of between fivo and six feet. This stone was placed in the -church at that place by order of the Emperor Maximilian, where it may still be seen; the French, who carried it oil to Paris during the Revolution, having subsequently re • turned it to the place whence they had taken it, minus a fragment retained for the museum of the Jardin des Plantes. One tremendous explosion was said to have accompanied the fall of this meteoric stone, and the same was the case with that, weighing 561b5., which fell near Captain Top ham's house in Yorkshire, descending perpendicularly to the earth, and burying itself in the chalk beneath the sur face soil. I can myself vouch for one instance where, at the conclusion of the most terrific thunder-storm I ever witnessed, a tremendous explosion was accompanied by the fall of a number of fragments of an aerolite within a few yards of the house in which I was sitting. Some of these I kept in my possession.—Dickens' "411 the Year ,Puild." The Murder and Piracy on the High Seas. The following is the concluding portion of the evidence against the prisoners yesterday afternoon. The previous portion appeared in our impression of yesterday : At the termination of the reading of the depositions, The bey Early was recalled, and, in addition to his evi dence on a former occasion, said—l recollect the morning the captain was murdered, being ordered from the wheel to his cabin. I saw a silver watch and some money lying en the table. Almost all the ship's compa ny was there. Taffer was there, and Lyons was telling him to share out the money. He (Taffer) said he did not want to have anything to do with it. They forced him, and he did it. Marco Varto said it ought only to be shared amongat eight, but Lyons said it was to be divided amongst all. got a share—l got £4. There was some over. There was, in fact, only 10s. in good money; the rest was made up of medals. I never saw the captain's brother or the mate after that morning. Francisco and he were singing out when they threw him overboard. After that every one took what they wanted from the cargo, such as clothes, wine, and knives. When we sighted land I helped to get the boats ready. I recollect seeing the steward get into one of the boats. The cook, steward, and second mate, Marco Varto and I were in one of the boats. I know that while we got away, the other men were below scuttling the ;hip, After we had got a short distance, Lyons called out to Taffer, the second mate, to come back, and he then told all to go on deck. We did so, with the exception of the cook, who refused, and then Lyons and Durano threw bottles at him which struck him. I saw him go overboard, but I should think he jumped into the water. He sang out for help, but Lyons said he would help him if he same on deck, but that he had now too easy a death. No assistance was given, and the man went down. I was ordered by Lyons to clear the bottles out of the boat. I saw the ship go down. The cook and the lamp trimmer were not in either of the boats, and as I never saw them after I suppose they went down in the vessel. Mr. Welsby said that was as far as lie intended proceed. ing to-day. The prisoners were then remanded till Saturday next. During the whole of the examination most of the pri. soners treated the charges against them with the utmost indifference. The Spaniards and the Austrian amused themselves frequently during the proceedings by spinning their caps round on the tips of their fingers, and making jocular observations to each other relative to the questions asked of the witnesses by the prosecuting counsel. SUN OFFICE, Hi LF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. S W E 1) E N. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 13.—T he Diet of Norway has been convoked for an ex traordinary session, in order to take into considn ration the question of armament. The Duke. of Wc.rmland has been taken seriously ill. sITTPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 14.—Wind this day at noon—North. East; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with some rain. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Cam ‘ perdown, from London for Madras, PLYMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—lieog Handel, from Swansea for the Cape of Good Hope. CLYDE, Jan. 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Jessie Camp, bell, from Plymouth. FALMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind N.E,—Arrived—Alberto, from Callao—Castor, from Cardiff—both for the Cape of Good Hope. CARDIFF, Jan. 13.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—S. Carbury, for Rio Janeiro. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 14—Triton (steamer), from Boulogne; Holland (steamer), from Ostend. Sailed, Jan. 14—Lord John Russell (steamer), for Dunkirk; Rainbow (steamer), for Calais ; Mogul, for Kur rachee. . DEAL, Thursday Morning. A large ship was on shore on the Goodin Sands this morning ac daylight; boats are out to her assistance. Notning further known at present. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE RACING FIXTU. rREs FOR 1864. FEBRUARY. Birmingham Harrow Chelmsford l7 MAnctr. Nottingham Spring .... 1 Warwick Derby Spring 3 Durham Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Croxton-park Edinburgh Spring . 2 Abergavenny 5 Thirsk 5 Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Bath Manchester Harpenden 2O Epsom 24 Chelmsford.. 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Newcastle-on-Tyne Worcest,r (Summer) Ipswich Ascot 4 7 Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury Stockbridge JULY. Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon Liverpool July Stamford l4 Pontefract Nottingham . l9 Winchester Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield Goodwood Au , Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Reading Egham .. l6 Oxford Yarmouth .. 23 SE PTE: Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Doncaster Brecon .. 19 OCT , York August 23 Plymouth Derby Lichfield Stockton 3O Devon and Exeter Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 IBER. Northallerton 6 Newmarket Second Oct lO Gl ouces ter I Newmarket Houghton 24 :MBER. WOVE: Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 Leamington & War. Hunt 22 Worcester Autumn .... 30 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. " THE PORTRAIT," A NEW OPERA, by the Baron von Perla', has been given at Munich; the journals say, with entire success. A WORK BY M. M. LTJSSY ON TEACHING THE PIANO, entitled "Reforme dans l'Enseignement du Piano, has sufficient merit to have been highly praised by Kossini. THE NEW DEAN OF CORK.—The Rev. Dr. Magee, rector of Enniskillen, hag been appointed Dean of Cork. MR. HENRI DRAYTON, we regret to learn, has been recently dangerously ill; OXFORD DRAMATIC CLWB.—The ninth annual ball of the above club took pliAce on Tuesday last, when upwards of 400 persons availed themselves of the invita tion, and dancing was kept up fill an early hour in the morning. Great praise is due to the principal stewards, Messrs. Purkess, Morgan, and Mitchell, for their great exertions. THE COPENHAGEN PAPERS report that a French and English squadron is shortly expected to .appear in. Danish waters, which will very probably be the case when the navigation opens in the spring ; but the Baltic ports are now closed and ice-bound. MISERABLE CHILDHOOD.—In an account o f a Children's Hospital lately opened in Edinburgh, the author of " John Halifax, Gentleman," in Good Irol ds, give 3 some curious specimens of child life in this second half of the 19th century in " modern Athens." This is ono of them :—" Here was a boy who had been found lying on straw in a dark cellar which had literally nothing in it hut this one heap of straw. The parents were in the habit of out for the day and locking up the child there with out food or fire or clothes. He was brought in a mere bundle of rags, quite paralysed, and lay for a week on one of the hospital beds without stirring or speaking, till they almost thought he was deaf and dumb. At last he did matter out one word, and it was whisky 1' He afterwards tried in his wretched, faint voice, to begin singing a whisky song. He told the nurse he had hardly tasted anything but whisky since he was born. Somehow his wretched mother found him out and came to see him. Immediately after she left, the miserable little creature was caught hiding its wizened face and half-paralysed hands under the bedclothes, trying to undo the cork of a small bottle filled with whisky But the child recovered, learned to feed on and enjoy other food than grams, and has left the hospital for a future of — God knows what, Still, the life has been saved so sorr el THE SHAMROCK on the coins is the wood-sorre.l this is the plant represented on a monument in SI Cathedral; and there is the testimony, not merely cf poets, t.n but of serious writers, that the " shatnrogges" wer e ea ;he . Natives of the West Highlands of Scotland call both wood-sorrel and the Dutch clover, shatarog. IUST. :MBER. ve ed ❑a Vie, i or • ,a r.a. be )r0 ad , the for dor bort Share 3.14. 6.4.0 L 9.16. 41